inferior court

noun

1. a court of limited jurisdiction
2. any court other than the Supreme Court of Judicature

Example Sentences

As where, in Georgia, the fine was to be paid to an inferior court for county purposes.

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“Appeal” in many of the states is the general term for reviewing any judgment of an inferior court on assignments of error.

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This was not solely confined to the higher tribunals, but was also apparent in almost every inferior court.

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"I am evidently considered of small importance, and so am disposed of by an inferior court," thought he.

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Another nephew had become the heir, and was now a judge in an inferior court.

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